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===== '''Take a state you normally wouldn't think of in this regard: Oklahoma. It has its own Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology...''' =====
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===== '''- Thomas L. Friedman, The World is Flat.''' <br/> =====
<span style="font-size: large"><u>'''Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship'''</u></span>
OU has two main resources for I&E. The first is the Center for Entrepreneurship housed in the Price College of Business. They offer undergraduate major and minors, as well as a graduate an MBA with an Entrepreneurship Degreeemphasis. The core is a three -semester New Venture Development course that includes Ideation, Feasibility Analysis, and Business Plan Development. The Center for Entrepreneurship offers Venture Strategy Sessions.
The Sooner Seed Fund is a branch of the Entrepreneurship department, with MBA candidates overseeing the funds to launch student ventures. The second resource is the Center for the Creation of Economic Wealth. CCEW offers semester -long internships for university students to participate in three distinct programs: Software Acceleration, Technology Commericialization, and Social Entrepreneurship. High-performing students are paired with an inventor of a product or idea, a mentor, and over the course of a semester they work on the venture and achieve impactful results.
Under the umbrella of CCEW, the Oklahoma Funding Accelerator is a student-run business consulting organization formed to assist local and student entrepreneurs in starting and expanding their businesses.
OU will soon launch the Innovation Hub, a multi-location maker space, business incubator, and collaboration zone for students, faculty, and local residents. This will be available in Spring 2016.
I&E resources include:
Startup Weekend - [http://ou.startupweekend.org/ http://ou.startupweekend.org/]
Innovation Hub - [http://www.ou.edu/innovationhub http://www.ou.edu/innovationhub]
<u><span style="font-size: large">'''Faculty Innovation and Entrepreneurship'''</span></u>
Venture Spur serves as a venture accelerator and offers seed capital to early stage, high-growth ventures. They have an application process to accept start-ups and then have a 12-week program of education and development, office space, mentors, and technical services for the companies.
= Related Links =
'''University of Oklahoma''' [[University_of_Oklahoma_Student_PrioritiesUniversity of Oklahoma Student Priorities|University of Oklahoma Student Priorities]] University Innovation Fellows Spring 2016: [[Holly Crawford|Holly Crawford]] [[Brad Morrow|Brad Morrow]] Spring 2015: [[Candace Alsenay|Candace Alsenay]] [[Laura C Davis|Laura Davis]] [[Ashley Findley|Ashley Findley]] <font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">[[Alexandra Hamon|Alexandra Hamon]]</font> Spring 2014:
[[Lauren_AbstonLauren Abston|Lauren Abston]]
[[Ryan_PhillipsRyan Phillips|Ryan Phillips]]
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